Congress·Passed Senate·S. 257

Senate Passes Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act to Protect U.S. Manufacturing from Global Shocks

Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 2025

8 months ago·View on Congress.gov

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Stalled

No legislative action in over 90 days.

Legislative Progress

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Key Points

This plan creates a new team within the Department of Commerce to track how essential goods move in and out of the country. They will look for weak spots in the supply chain for important items like medicine, computer chips, and energy equipment to make sure a single disaster or conflict doesn't cause a national shortage.
American manufacturers and tech companies are the main focus. The government will work with them to move factories out of countries that might be unfriendly to the U.S. and bring those jobs back home or to friendly partner nations. This helps ensure that the things Americans need every day stay available and affordable.
The policy aims to prevent the kind of empty store shelves seen during the pandemic by identifying risks before they become crises. It specifically targets 'emerging technologies' like artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and robotics to make sure the U.S. remains a leader in these high-tech fields.
To get the best data, the government is asking private companies to share their internal shipping and factory information. In exchange, the law promises to keep this information secret from the public and competitors. No new taxpayer money is being spent on this; agencies must use the budgets they already have.

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Impact Analysis

Personal Impact

Who is affectedScoreImpactCertaintyScopeDurationSentiment

Scores: 1 = low, 5 = highSentiment: -5 to +5 (net benefit)

Milestones

6 milestones13 actions

Jul 3, 2025House

Held at the desk.

Jul 3, 2025House

Received in the House.

Jun 27, 2025Senate

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Jun 26, 2025Senate

Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S3571-3577)

Jun 26, 2025

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.

What Happens Next

Projected impacts based on AI analysis

Within 120 days of enactment

Supply Chain Resilience Working Group is established and critical industries, supply chains, and goods are designated

The government begins formally identifying which products and industries are most important to national security and the economy, setting the stage for all future supply chain protection efforts.

Within 18 months of enactment

First national strategy report on critical supply chain resiliency is submitted to Congress

Congress and the public get the first comprehensive look at where America's supply chains are vulnerable, along with a strategy for fixing them — including recommendations for reshoring manufacturing and working with allied nations.

10 years after enactment

The entire law sunsets and all requirements end

All Working Group activities, reporting requirements, and supply chain designations automatically expire 10 years after the law takes effect, unless Congress acts to extend them.

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TechPolicy.Press·11 months ago

April 2025 US Tech Policy Roundup

The Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 2025 (H.R. 2444) was among several tech-related bills that made progress in April. The act aims to secure American leadership in deploying emerging technologies by establishing a crisis response program within the Department of Commerce.

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Defense Tech and Acquisition·5 months ago

Supply Chains Are Critical Infrastructure: It's Time U.S. Policy Caught Up

The Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act directs Commerce to lead a government-wide working group to map critical supply chains. While it passed the Senate unanimously in June, it currently sits 'held at the desk' in the House, highlighting the need for a single steward for supply chain resilience.

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Columbia Basin Herald·3 months ago

WA senators pushing on federal legislation

Senator Maria Cantwell's Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act of 2025 passed the Senate unanimously but remains held at the House desk as of late 2025. The bill aims to authorize the Department of Commerce to bolster American supply chains in critical industries and emerging technologies.

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H.R. 1768Related bill

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Mar 3 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.